President Gitanas Nausėda has expressed concern about the overlong process of selecting a candidate for member of the European Commission and urges to complete the nomination as soon as possible.

On 23 July, Vice-Minister Albinas Zananavičiaus met with his counterpart from Poland Konrad Szymański, who was paying a visit in Vilnius. They discussed on-going negotiations on the European Union multiannual financial framework, tackling climate change, and other topical issues on the EU agenda.

During his first working visit to Riga, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Latvian President Egils Levits. The President of Lithuania called for resuming trilateral presidential summits to discuss urgent political, economic, regional defense and security issues. The meeting also focused on energy independence and strategic transport infrastructure projects.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with the Vice President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič, to discuss energy independence projects. The President thanked Maroš Šefčovič for his personal contribution and support to enhancing Lithuanian and regional energy security as well as their integration into the European Union’s energy market.

Acting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič to discuss issues of regional energy security, climate change, etc.

Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis proposed the incumbent Land Force Commander Maj Gen Valdemaras Rupšys as next Chief of Defence of Lithuania to the President. He would succeed the present Chief of Defence, Lt Gen Jonas Vytautas Žukas, whose tenure ends in late July.

Parliament will have 44 interparliamentary delegations this legislative term, maintaining relations with parliamentarians in other countries, regions and organisations.

MEPs discussed the priorities of the incoming Finnish presidency with Prime Minister Antti Rinne and Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen.

During the first official visit on July 16, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Marshal of the Sejm Marek Kuchcinski, Marshal of the Senate Stanislaw Karczewski, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The President and the Polish Prime Minister discussed the EU agenda and development goals for economic, energy and transport infrastructure.

President Gitanas Nausėda sworn in on July 12 left for neighboring Poland for his first official visit. Regional security and defense priorities, as well as energy independence issues, were discussed at the meeting with President Andrzej Duda.